CVE-2026-34240 PUBLISHED

jose vulnerable to untrusted JWK header key acceptance during signature verification

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 26.03.2026 Published: 31.03.2026 Updated: 31.03.2026

JOSE is a Javascript Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) library. Prior to version 0.3.5+1, a vulnerability in jose could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to forge valid JWS/JWT tokens by using a key embedded in the JOSE header (jwk). The vulnerability exists because key selection could treat header-provided jwk as a verification candidate even when that key was not present in the trusted key store. Since JOSE headers are untrusted input, an attacker could exploit this by creating a token payload, embedding an attacker-controlled public key in the header, and signing with the matching private key. Applications using affected versions for token verification are impacted. This issue has been patched in version 0.3.5+1. A workaround for this issue involves rejecting tokens where header jwk is present unless that jwk matches a key already present in the application's trusted key store.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 7.5

Product Status

Vendor appsup-dart
Product jose
Versions
  • Version < 0.3.5+1 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature CWE